Joshua 13:5:9Josh.13.5.W9TAB
הַר־חֶרְמ֑וֹן
harkhermon
“Mount Hermon”
- Transliteration
- har-KHER-mon
- Extended
- har-KHER-MOHN
- IPA
- /har.xɛrˈmoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Mount Hermon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
har-KHER-mon
- clause
ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI ve-KHOL-hal-le-va-NON miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh mi-BA-al GAD TA-khat har-KHER-mon
- sentence
ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI ve-KHOL-hal-le-va-NON miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh mi-BA-al GAD TA-khat har-KHER-mon AD le-VO kha-MAT
Exegesis
The sequence mibbaal gad tachat har-khermon {מִבַּעַל גָּד תַּ֖חַת הַר־חֶרְמ֑וֹן} maintains Hebrew origin-to-location order (“from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon”).
Root and etymology
h-rheh–resh
“mountain, height”
In context — Joshua 13:5
And the land of the Giblite and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 13:5, so the Hebrew word הַר־חֶרְמ֑וֹן (harkhermon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.13.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.5.W9.S1) and character.